Protector for boots and shoes



F. CLAYDEN AND 1. DE FRECE. PROTECTOR FOR 5001s AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7. I922- Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

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FRED QLAYIDEN, OF UXBRIDGE, LONDON, AND JACK DE FENCE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS TO JOHN CRAIG PATERSON, OF BIRKENHEAD, ENGLAND.

PROTECTOR FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Application filed August 7', 1922.

To alt whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, Finn) C AYDEN and JACK on FRECE, subjects of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ireland, residing, respectively, at Uxbridge, London, England, and London, England, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Protectors for Boots and Shoes; and we do hereby declare the :tollowing to be a. full, clear, and exact description oi the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in protectors for the tread surface of foot-wear and more particularly to protectors or studs. for the soles or heels of boots and shoes and has for its object to provide an improved form of protector which is adapted to be firmly anchored in the leather without completely penetrating it and which, when in position, is flush with the outer surface of the leather. I

In accordance with the invention, a stud and a sleeve adapted to embrace the stud which may be inserted in a recess in the leather, which sleeve is formed at inner end. with prongs or axially projecting teeth oi such form that when. the sleeve embraces the stud and is driven into the leather the prongs spread radially and anchor them--- selves in the leather.

Figs. 1 to 4: of the accompanying drawing illustrate the preferred form of the protector, Fig. 1 being a perspective view of the sleeve, Fig. 2 a section of a leather sole with a stud in position, Fig. 3 a section showing the stud and the sleeve in position and Fig. at a plan view of Fig. 3.

The protector shown 1n the drawings comprises a stud A adapted to be inserted in Serial No. 5 80,039.

a cylindrical recess or pocket in the leather, said stud being formed with a splayed or bell lnouthed inner end, and a sleeve E adapted to embrace the stud A, said sleeve E being serrated along its inner edge.

In fitting the protector the stud is pressed into the recess in the leather, the recess and. stud being so dimensioned that when the stud is in position it is flush with the outer surface of the leather. The sleeve E is then driven into the annular gap between the wall of the recess and the stud; in being driven into position in its inner serrated edge is spread outwards by the enlargement B of the stud, causing the ser rated edge of the sleeve to enter the leather surrounding the recess.

We claim 1. ii protector for the tread surfaces of foot wear, comprising a stud formed with an enlarged portion, and a member adapted to embrace said stud, said member being formed with a serrated inner edge adapted to engage the enlarged portion of the stud and thereby spread the teeth formed by the serrations.

2. in a. protector for the tread surfaces of foot wear, a member having a serrated edge and means cooperating with the serrated edge, when said protector is applied to said tread portion, to ensure positive radial spreadingoi? the teeth formed by the serrations.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED CLAYDEN. JACK on FRECE. W itnesses:

M. KERR, J. J. JENKINS. 

